Does Parents’ Own History of Child Abuse Moderate the Effectiveness of the Promoting First Relationships® Intervention in Child Welfare?

Dave S. Pasalich, Charles B. Fleming, Susan J. Spieker, Mary Jane Lohr, Monica L. Oxford - Child Maltreatment

To better understand how and for whom parenting intervention may improve family outcomes in child welfare services, the authors examined whether parents’ own history of child abuse moderated the indirect effects of the Promoting First Relationships® (PFR) intervention on toddlers’ secure base behavior via parental sensitivity.

The Love You Give

Better Care Network and ReThink Orphanages

This film tells the untold stories of orphanages, a system that's harming the very children we believe it protects, and how you can choose to be part of the solution.

Orphanage Trafficking: What does the growing recognition of ‘orphanage trafficking’ mean for Australian charities and churches?

ACCI Missions & Relief

This briefing note has been written to give Australian charities and churches currently engaging with overseas residential care institutions an overview of the issue of orphanage trafficking and an understanding of how to ensure any overseas funding and volunteering supports the best interests of children in line with national and international legal frameworks.

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The development of possible selves and resilience in youth transitioning out of care

Bond, Susan Jane; Van Breda, A.D., Prof. - University of Johannesburg

This study contributes to the emerging body of South African literature on care leaving, as it explores the future selves and resilience factors of young people who are still in residential care and who are about to exit the statutory system.

An exploratory study on open adoptions from foster care in NSW, Australia: Adoptees’ psychosocial functioning, adoptive relationships, post-adoption contact and supports

Andrea del Pozo de Bolger, Debra Dunstan, Melissa Kaltner - International Social Work

This is an exploratory study focused on open adoptions from foster care conducted through the public child protection agency in New South Wales, Australia.

High stress experienced in the foster and kin carer role: Understanding the complexities of the carer and child in context

Leith Harding, Kate Murray, Jane Shakespeare-Finch, Ron Frey - Children and Youth Services Review

The current study examined placement, carer, and child characteristics related to perceived foster parent stress in a sample of 158 foster and kin carers in Queensland, Australia.

Previous life experiences and the vulnerability of children adopted from out-of-home care: The impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences and child welfare decision making

Susan Tregeagle, Lynne Moggach, Helen Trivedi, Harriet Ward - Children and Youth Services Review

This paper presents findings on the previous life experiences of an entire cohort of ‘difficult to place’ adoptees who were placed in Australia over 26 years.

Relevance, Implementation and Impact of the Sinovuyo Teen Parenting Programme in South Africa

Heidi Loening-Voysey; Jenny Doubt; Divane Nzima; Yulia Shenderovich; Janina Steinert; Jasmina Byrne; Lucie Cluver - UNICEF

This report summarizes research findings on the impact of the Sinovuyo Teen Parenting programme piloted in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, between November 2014 and September 2016.

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"On Behalf of Each Child": Section 1983 Enforcement of the Right to Foster Care Maintenance Payments under the Child Welfare Act

Parker C. Eudy - The University of Chicago Law Review

This Comment argues that the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act (CWA) creates an enforceable right to foster care maintenance payments under § 1983 by analyzing the CWA's text and structure and by drawing on the context of the Act's enactment and subsequent legislative history.

Just Out Having a Good Time? Evaluation of the Pilot National Partnership Agreement for Looked After Children Who Go Missing From Residential and Foster Care in Scotland

McIver, Leanne and Welch, Vicki - CELCIS

This report is the evaluation of the pilot partnership agreement between Police Scotland and local authorities, for responses to children and young people missing from foster and residential care.

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